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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Applicant:
James Eric Pollock, Rockville, MD (US);
Inventor:
James Eric Pollock, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/135 (2006.01); A61B 17/132 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/135 (2013.01); A61B 17/132 (2013.01); A61B 17/1325 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blood vessel compression device including a C-shaped spring and a clamp at an end of the spring to compress a blood vessel. The clamp may have a flat shaped cross section or spatulate cross section with an edge where the edge confronts a blood vessel to compress it. The clamp may have a channel and a sac inflatable with air to compress the blood vessel. The device may be positioned on body to clamp an external jugular vein or cephalic vein for cannula insertion. The C-shaped spring may be spaced from a front of the neck to not compress a windpipe of the neck.